By Steve Newton Sad news for Southern-rock fans–and Lynyrd Skynyrd freaks, in particular. Original Skynyrd drummer Bob Burns–who played drums on the band’s first two albums–died last night after a single-car […]

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 9, 1990 By Steve Newton Chris Robinson, of Atlanta, Georgia, was nine years old when southern-rock heroes Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded the historic live […]

By Steve Newton There’s been some pretty sweet concert Blu-rays released in the last little while. Hugely impressive was last week’s Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration–Deluxe Edition, from Legacy […]

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, SEPT. 28, 2010 By Steve Newton Alice Cooper released a string of amazing albums in the early ’70s—including Love It to the Death, School’s Out, Killer, and Billion Dollar Babies—but […]

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, JAN. 27, 2010 AUTHENTIC ’70S-STYLE GUITAR boogie is hard to come by these days, unless you’re hearing it from grizzled classic-rock die-hards like ZZ Top or George […]